Posts by Heather World

$20 cover charge/sliding scale available. Tim Lin, saxophone Joe Gilman, piano Shempei Ogawa, bass Curran Sinha, drums Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Tim Lin is a Taiwanese American jazz talent whose progressive sound comes from his appreciation of the bebop jazz tradition. During his junior year in high school, Tim was…

$20 suggested donation; contribute only what you can Christian Tumalan, piano Aaron Germain, bass Brian Andres, drums Brian notes that a trio is a much more intimate, yet demanding musical setting for musicians to explore. There is no place to hide, no weak link allowed. In such a small setting, the dynamics must become more…

$20 cover charge/sliding scale available. “Kiah is a master on the looper and multi-instrumentalist who takes things to new heights as a sound scientist! You’d have to come to a show to fully grasp what wonders she is capable of. Her ability to switch from one instrument to the next (ahem..like 12 of them), write…

$20 suggested donation; any amount is appreciated Among the most delightful dates we host at the bookshop are the occasional appearances of Friends of Old Puppy, playing from their eclectic bag of tunes. By popular demand, here they come again! Just the thing for a Sunday afternoon in the late summer. Steven Strauss, ukulele Greg…

$10 suggested donation; any amount appreciated Kabir, 15th century mystic poet.  Rural visionary, satirist, improviser, weaver, lyricist, heretic before there was even a word for it.  Encompasser, dramatizer, transcender of all known religious dichotomies.  Electrifying, re-vivifying, calming, startling.  Egalitarian.  Inspiring. Walker Brents III addresses topics philosophical, poetic, and never pedantic on the last Sunday afternoon…

$20 suggested/sliding scale available. Talk about your San Francisco jazz… On the fourth Friday of each month, our weekly jazz in the bookshop series features The 230 Jones Street, Local 6 Literary Jazz Band — in direct line of descent from the Chuck Peterson Trio, which started the whole “jazz in the bookshop” thing 17…